October 23, 2025

TMP326 ALEX MALLET BUCKLES UP

1 hour 7 minutes

The guitarist, songwriter, and singer with John “Papa" Gros, Adam Pearce, and Layla Musselwhite has teamed up with a supergroup of veteran sidemen as Captain Buckles, now celebrating the release of "Hurry Up," their first full-length album. Alex and bandmates Smitti Supab, Phil Breen, Rob Davis, and EZ Smith are taking the wheel and are charting their own course. Tonight Alex sails into the Christmas Club and ties up with the Troubled Men. Any port in a storm.

Topics include election results, Helena Moreno, sour grapes, a captured fugitive, a Mark Sanchez stabbing, John Madden, Diane Keaton RIP, “Baby Boom,” Speedy Sparks, Ft. Lauderdale, Pitbull, skateboarding, teen bands, RYTHMadix, a retired judge, moving to New Orleans, Lynn Drury, John Papa Gros, Jeff Beck, Spinal Tap, Harry Shearer, Tyler Clements, Dockside Studio, Justin Tocket, producers, Jake Eckert, Bobby Charles’ ghost, the Threadhead Foundation, Howard Huelfing, giant heads, the shillelagh, a new baby, and much more.

Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

Break and Outro Music: "Acting Up" and "Bus Station Blues" from "Hurry Up" by Captain Buckles

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